Year-by-Year

Chevrolet Corvette — the 14 years we've written up

1967–2024, side by side: what goes wrong on each, what the fix costs, and what they typically ask. 14 of the 14 carry a high-severity issue.

What this page is

These are the 14 Chevrolet Corvette model years Kestrel has done the homework on — not every year Chevrolet built one. A year that isn't listed here isn't a year we're warning you off; it's one we haven't written up yet. Ranking a whole model run would mean telling you about years we've never looked at.

Chevrolet Corvette by year

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1967

2010–2024

Bar — complaints on file. Colour —3 or more high-severity1–2none foundnot written up yet

How many owner complaints NHTSA holds. A big number usually means a lot were sold; the shape matters more than the total.

Year by year

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2024Typically $68,000–$105,000

Spilled fuel can reach hot parts at the filler pocket — fire risk (recall) — $0 with the recall — verify it was performed

4 known issues, 3 high-severityRead the 2024 →
2023Typically $60,000–$95,000

Fuel can spill into the filler pocket and reach hot parts — fire risk (recall) — $0 with the recall — verify it was performed

3 known issues, 2 high-severityRead the 2023 →
2022Typically $55,000–$82,000

Rear half-shafts may be missing ball bearings, which can take the drive away (recall) — $0 with the recall — verify it was performed

4 known issues, 2 high-severityRead the 2022 →
2021Typically $52,000–$78,000

Rear half-shafts may be missing ball bearings, which can cost you drive entirely (recall) — $0 with the recall — verify it was performed

4 known issues, 2 high-severityRead the 2021 →
2019Typically $42,000–$68,000

Z06 and Grand Sport wheels crack at the bead and the fronts go out of true — $600–$1,800 per wheel, at the top of that range for the wide Z06 rears

4 known issues, 3 high-severityRead the 2019 →
2018Typically $40,000–$62,000

Original wheels crack at the rim lip and bend at the front — 88% of the filings — $600–$1,800 per wheel, at the top end for the Grand Sport and Z06 rears

3 known issues, 2 high-severityRead the 2018 →
2017Typically $36,000–$58,000

Original rear wheels crack, front wheels bend — 88% of this year's complaint record — $600–$1,800 per wheel, more on the Grand Sport's wider rears

4 known issues, 3 high-severityRead the 2017 →
2015Typically $30,000–$52,000

8L90 eight-speed automatic shudders and hunts, and cold 1-2 shifts can hang up — $500–$1,200 for the revised-fluid service and reflash; $2,500–$4,500 for a torque converter

5 known issues, 4 high-severityRead the 2015 →
2014Typically $30,000–$45,000

Fuel leak at the primary pump module flange — and the GM coverage for it has expired — $900–$2,500 per tank module including labour

6 known issues, 4 high-severityRead the 2014 →
2013Typically $30,000–$45,000

Fuel leak at the tank module flange — the smell arrives before any warning light — $700–$2,400 per tank module including labour

4 known issues, 2 high-severityRead the 2013 →
2012Typically $28,000–$42,000

Petrol fumes after filling — a leak at the top of the driver's-side tank — $700–$2,400 per tank module including labour

4 known issues, 1 high-severityRead the 2012 →
2011Typically $26,000–$40,000

Gasoline smell after every fill-up — the tank leaks at the pump module flange — $700–$2,400 per tank module including labour

5 known issues, 2 high-severityRead the 2011 →
2010Typically $24,000–$38,000

Fuel leaking from the top of the tank — the garage smells of gasoline after every fill-up — $700–$2,400 per tank module including labour

4 known issues, 1 high-severityRead the 2010 →
1967C2Typically $60,000–$150,000

Frame / birdcage rust — $3,000-$20,000+

4 known issues, 1 high-severityRead the 1967 C2 →

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